iOS Provisioning Profile name

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Julian picture Julian · Aug 19, 2015 · Viewed 8.2k times · Source

As I'm creating an iOS provisioning profile I'm presented with this screen:

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To my -limited- understanding, the profile already has everything I will need to identify it such as the Type and App ID. Why do I need to name it? Is this name relevant in the future? (so if I screw up and give it a meaningless name will I be able to change it in the future?)

I can't find this info in the Apple sea of docs.

Answer

user4151918 picture user4151918 · Aug 19, 2015

The name you provide is simply used to identify the profile within the Member Center. It's generally more human-readable (friendly) than the App ID.

It is possible to edit the name later, if you want to change it in the future!

The name of the profile also appears on a provisioned device. You can find profiles within Settings, under General->Profiles. (If a device has no profile, the Profiles setting won't be present.)

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